Martha Elizabeth (Cox) Myers (1838 - 1896)

Born 1838 in Tennessee

Ancestors

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Biography

Martha Elizabeth Cox was born in 1838 in Tennessee. She married William Gray Myers in 1858. They had nine children in 19 years. She died on April 13, 1896, in Newtonia, Missouri, at the age of 58.

A History of the Myers Overstreet and Gray Families — Part II http://www.sdragons.org/Genealogy/Part_II.html

William Gray Myers and his wife, Martha Elizabeth Cox Myers, and family moved to Newton County in September of 1877. We have an account of the move of William Gray Myers and the description sounds very much like the descriptions that one reads about the moves from Philadelphia south and west on the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road. We have just skipped a generation and we are back to wagons being pulled by oxen at the high speed rate of eight to ten miles per day. They took a total of 68 days from Jackson County, Tennessee to Newtonia, Missouri.

Children

1. Mary L. Myers 1857–1857
2. Eliza Jane Myers 1858–1942
3. John Bell Myers 1861–1933
4. William Thomas Myers 1863–1915
5. Lucetta E. Myers 1866–1900
6. Nathan C. Myers 1868–1940
7. Eula C. Myers 1871–1889
8. Jonas Myers 1874–1899
9. Baby Boy Myers 1876–1876

Elizebeth Myres in the 1880 United States Federal Census

Name: Elizebeth Myres [Elizebeth Cox] Age: 41 Birth Year: abt 1839 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1880: Newtonia, Newton, Missouri Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Wm. Myres Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's name: Eliza Cox Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Keeping House

Household Members:

Name Age

Wm. Myres 46

Elizebeth Myres 41

Eliza J. Myres 21

John B. Myres 19

Wm. T. Myres 18

Lucetta Myres 14

Nathan Myres 12

Eula Myres 8

Jonas Myres 5

Eliza Cox 71

Sources

• Source

A History of the Myers Overstreet and Gray Families — Part II Jourdan G. Myers Deer Park, California 1984http://www.sdragons.org/Genealogy/Part_II.html

• Source Citation

Year: 1880; Census Place: Newtonia, Newton, Missouri; Roll: 706; Family History Film: 1254706; Page: 508D; Enumeration District: 104; Image: 0092 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6742&h=33901576&ssrc=pt&tid=71765292&pid=34244173961&usePUB=true